Category: China related

“Greatest Neighbour” that does not play by the rules?

These two news items were posted within hours of each other on IBN: First headline: China is India’s best neighbour: PM  – slightly mis-leading headline…what he actually said was that China was “India’s “greatest...

Dancing with the Dragon…

I came across two data points recently regarding China – both of which had very worrying implications vis-a-vis India and our strategic objectives. First, a great article “The Drag of a Dragon” by Prof...

Tibet – not always part of China…

From DNA India, “Tibet wasn’t ours, says Chinese scholar” (by Venkatesan Vembu, Feb 22, ’07) – I wonder  what the official reaction to this is. Some excerpts: “…In an article in the China Review magazine,...

China’s Afzal Guru…

This is how our great neighbour China treats its Afzal Gurus: A Reuters news story reported in the Indian Express (February 09, 2007), “Muslim executed for trying to ‘split’ China” ****** Beijing, February 9:...

“Watch how China defends itself” – Excerpts

While going through my long (and over-due) “to-do” list, I came across a series of articles which I had kep for a later date…They are on various t opics but all worth a read,...